| parasitological and clinical survey of bancroftian filariasis in kepu district, central jakarta, indonesia. | a blood and clinical survey for bancroftian filariasis was made in the kepu district of central jakarta in june 1976. about 90% of 614 inhabitants in the survey area was examined. the microfilarial rate was 4.5%; 5.8% in males and 3.3% in females. most of the carriers were asymptomatic. the microfilarial density was low. there were 15 persons (2.7%) with signs and symptoms of filariasis; 11 males and 4 females. the total filariasis infection rate was 6.7%. the percentage of infected persons incr ... | 1977 | 335531 |
| the association of clinical filariasis and wuchereria bancrofti infections in jakarta. | in a study carried out in jakarta, indonesia between 1969--1977, patients with clinical manifestations of filariasis were examined for microfilaremia. finger blood (3 x 20 microliter) were examined by conventional methods, venous blood by membrane filtration, urine and hydrocele fluid by concentration methods. a total of 1,422 patients were examined and 182 (12.8%) were positive by blood smear; however, examination by membrane filtration and concentration of urine and hydrocele fluid did not app ... | 1978 | 364673 |
| studies on filariasis in the pacific. 4. the application of the membrane filter concentration technique to a survey of wuchereria bancrofti filariasis in kepu district, jakarta, indonesia. | a blood survey for filariasis was carried out in the kepu district of jakarta. examination of stained 20 c.mm finger-prick blood thick films and membrane filter concentration (mfc) of 1 ml venous blood. the youngest age group examined, 5-9 years old revealed a mf rate of 17% of which 71% were of a low density character detected by mfc only. the mf rate appears to remain relatively constant from the 10-14 year old group onward, approximately 35%, but at all age groups at least half the infections ... | 1975 | 1166343 |
| a multidisciplinary study on bancroftian filariasis in jakarta. | a study on bancroftian filariasis in jakarta has indicated that one person in one year could be exposed to 223,000 bites of culex pipens fatigans and to 1,941 infective-stage larvae of wuchereria bancrofti. blood surveys with 20 mm3 samples revealed a microfilaria rate of 6%. although some cases of hydrocele (4% of 272 males examined) were found, there was little evidence of severe filarial disease in either males or females. amongst wild-caught mosquitoes only 0.3% contained infective larvae, b ... | 1978 | 366813 |